Lion King Safari Guides
Lion King Adventures
- Offices In:
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Canada
United States
Switzerland
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 2010)
- Member Of:
- TATO & TTB
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $200 to $1,115 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
Your request will be sent directly to the operator
If preferred, you can contact the operator directly
Reviews
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Email Annica | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible Experience
The communication in advance was very fast and reliable. Pendo helped us with every of our questions. Our guide Salehe is a real driving hero and we saw a lot of animals and birds.
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Email Amir | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari in Tanzania
We booked a 6 day safari in Tanzania with Lion King Adventures. The booking process was competent and the Lion King office was very forthcoming in making sure we received a personalized package for what we wanted to see.
The safari was very adventurous, with our driver Salehe getting us through the national parks and each location safely. It's not uncommon to have car troubles, considering the types of terrain we were navigating, and we did get stuck in a few ditches, but that's all part and parcel of the driving tour.
In the end we got exactly what we expected, we saw everything from lions, elephants, cheetahs, crocodiles, hippos and countless other animals in their natural habitat. Each campsite ranged in their facilities, but all were absolutely fine and the staff were always very friendly and helpful.
We would recommend Lion King Adventures to anyone looking to experience the same.
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Email Joey | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Highly recommended and reliable team
This is my second time having safari tour in Africa and i actually had a bad experience with my last safari tour in Aug 2019 due to poor arrangements. I lost some confidence with booking safari tours in Africa but Lion King Adventures nailed it.
1. They are responsive to emails. Answering all your questions with detailed explanation. **Highly recommended especially if it's your first safari experience.
2. Our guide David was professional and informative. Although we spent only 5 days together but he gave us a reliable feeling with his honest and humble personalities. And a big plus point that David is a true environmentalist, he takes care of the recyclable/reusable waste like beer bottles and plastic bottles properly.
3. Before i book, i felt a little fishy about their 5/5 ratings on TripAdvisor and Safaribooking.com but after my trip, i can truly understand why they have perfect scores and reviews online. Plus we did not feel that they are being nice only for the sake of getting good reviews or tips. I did feel the passion and their positive attitudes at work.
Thank you Lion King.
Thank You Lion King Adventures and our special Guide, Gilbert
We started out the trip with our pick-up waiting for us at the airport. The staff and our Guide were easy to communicate with, always ahead of time, very professional, polite and became our life long friends. Our Guide, Gilbert was funny, very knowledgeable, professional and incredibly polite. He got us to all the animals and let us take our time filming and chatting/laughing, it was incredible!!! Our accommodations were exceptionally nice with the BEST foods, and Gilbert always had our lunches, lots of water and beer/wine if we wanted. There was never anything lacking in our Lion King Adventure, all you had to do was ask and Gilbert made sure we had it. It has been a month since the safari and I live the memories everyday. I will go back in again in February during the migration, millions of animals and so wonderful to watch them in their daily life. As far as my favorite thing, all of it was like a dream, all of it was my favorite. Thank You James, your staff and Gilbert for a dream come true.
Email Margaret | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Friendly responsive team. Wonderful safari
We chose Lion King because of the good reviews. We were a group of 3, a middle aged couple travelling with our young adult daughter.The team responded promptly to our emails and tailored the trip to our requests. Pendo in the office was particularly helpful. Our daughter was already in Tanzania, they picked her up from her internal flight and a member of staff Emmanuel stayed with her til we arrived later that day. We visited Tarangire and then went on to the Serengeti and Ngorogoro crater. Our safari driver Ozzy looked after us well. We enjoyed looking at the birds and grazing animals as well as the big 5. Ozzy was good at sharing information with drivers and finding the animals. We were lucky and saw around 10 Cheetahs and over 15 lions. It was wet for the time of year, meaning the vehicles were concentrated on the more major tracks so it was busy at times. We did get big cats to ourselves a couple of times. The wet conditions meant that we needed Ozzy's driving skills . We helped others and got stuck in the mud ourselves a couple of times.. the other drivers pulled us out. This was part of the fun but I would only attempt self drive in the dry season The Ngorogoro crater is stunning like the garden of Eden. You can't walk i n the crater itself but we did a hike round the crater with an armed ranger which I would recommend. We stayed in mid range lodges which were welcoming and comfortable.
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Email Isabelle Guevremont-Marcotte | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An unforgettable safari
We loved our safari organized by Lion King Adventures. Alifa our guide was great! We miss him so much we laughed with him. He has a great knowledge of everything that is alive in the Savannah, impressive! The accommodation and food was very good. In short, I highly recommend !! Thank you :)
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Email Peck | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Prompt , professional , personable and excellent safari experience with LIOn KIng Adventure !
Impressed with Lion King prompt response to our enquires through WhatsApp calls and email . Theor recommendations of lodgings based on our Budget and needs were good and spacious . Our gude and driver Oswald is professional , knowledgeable and extremely helpful . He is also a very skilful driver , negotiating our Jeep through foods and mud , never once did we get stuck but was even able to help other jeeps which were stuck in the mud . Always smartly dressed in clean uniform , he also has “bionic eyes “ , helping us spot many animals from afar and making sure that we have a good view of them . Our lunch spread of beverages were always the envy of other safari tour group ! Thoroughly enjoyed our safari trip in Tanzania and very impressed with the cleanliness of public toilets and picnic areas . Our Jeep was washed almost daily whenever it is possible to give.us a clean and comfortable ride . Highly recommend LIon King Advebtures to anyone wanting an unfortgetabke experience in Tanzania!
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Email Matthew Tan | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Highly recommended Tour Operator & Tour Guide (Oswald Shayo))
The communication response from Lion King was always prompt and everything that was discussed (prior to our booking) was followed through meticulously.
I would also like to give special commendation to Oswaldo Shayo - our professional guide and driver
from Lion King Adventure.
Oswald is highly professional, knowledgeable and is always anticipating our needs throughout our safari holidays. He is prompt and punctual and more importantly, flexible with the entire itinerary and meeting to our needs and expectation of what a real safari experience would entails.
He speaks good English and kept us constantly informed of the itinerary and suggested important changes to our itinerary as dictated by the weather; and a really sharp eyes for spotting animals in the far distance.
A father of a 5 years old boy, Oswald has a heart of gold as we saw how he willingly stepped out onto the mud to rescue not 1 but 3 jeeps that was stuck in the mud.
He is always smartly dressed in uniform and diligently prepares our daily spread of lunch (much to the envy of other tour group). A safe and skillful driver - negotiating our jeep through floods and mud and never getting stuck throughout the entire trip; and our jeep is always spankingly clean the next morning.
My wife and I would highly recommend you to use Oswald and Lion King Adventure for your next Safari travel.
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Email Robert | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great safari experience with Lion King Adventures
As the leader of a group of 10 tourists, mostly first time to Tanzania, I started communication with Lion King 3 months before our journey. Pendo has been always so quick to respond, professional on the safari and patient to all my questions. With her help we designed our itinerary, which proved to be efficient. She also helped us book connection flight to Zanzibar.
Our drivers & guides are Salehe and Gilbert. Both are experienced, knowledgeable, resourceful and industrious. We saw all the animals on our wish list. Though we unexpectedly met with extended raining season that led to muddy road, Salehe avoided quite a few traps, and managed to pull us out of the rest quickly. We also saw him lend a hand to other trapped vehicles. Very good person!
We will come again in the summer and we will use Lion King again too. We highly recommend Lion King with its excellent staff and service. That's the guarantee for a prefect safari in East Africa.
Email Kathir Yoganathan | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very well organised safari trip
It was a unique wonderful and a memorable safari experience. It was a well organised trip, covering Arusha, Tarangire, Serengeti national parks. Ngorongoro crater was excellent and we saw a black rhino. It also included Lake Manyara. Excellent choices. Endoro lodge was exceptional, like a five star hotel. Well located with a Mountain View. Good selection of meals, including breakfast. We would not recommend Ilboro lodge. The location was bad. My wife found a metallic screw in her pasta dinner and showed it the waiter. My son ate banana cake and developed vomiting and diarrhoea all night.
The driver, Saleh was very good, safe driver, does not need a sat nav. His colleague driver from a different company got lost for two days! Saleh was very knowledgeable. However, it was difficult to understand at times. I am sure he will be a different person in a few years’ time.
In short. It was a brilliant safari trip. We will recommend to others without any doubt.